Casket handle



INVENTOR.

W ZAISER CASKET HANDLE Filed March 22, 1944 Jan. 22, 1946.

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2 Shets-Shet 2 Filed March 22, 1944 Patented Jan. 22, 1946 CASKET HANDLE William Zaiser, RockvilleCentre, N. Y., assignor to New York 82 Brooklyn Gasket 00., Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application March 22, 1944, Serial No. 527,568

3 Claims.

The main object is to provide a construction which is rugged and substantial and yet compact and capable of being embodied in attractive design.

Another object is to provide a handle which is readily accessible and yet protrudes a minimum practical distance from the wall of the casket.

Two modifications are shown and claimed herein. In both forms openings are cut in the supporting wall. The handles are supported in these openings and the openings are closed 'on the inside.

In one form blocks are secured at the ends of each opening and the handle bar is supported in these blocks. The ends of the openings adjacent the blocks are closed and a shield is supported behind the opening so as to form a recess for the hand around the handle bar.

In the other form a plate or shield is secured to the inner wall of the casket to close the opening and supporting blocks are secured to opposite ends of this plate as set forth in Patent No. 2,334,682. The space within the opening forms a recess into which the supporting blocks and the handle bar fold when not in use.

Fig. 1 is a side view of a portion of a casket showing a handle of the first mentioned form.

Fig. 2 is a side view of a part of the panel forming a part of the wall of the casket and hav-' ing openings in it for handles.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view showing on a larger scale the way in which the supporting blocks and bar are mounted.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view on the plane of the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view showing one way in which the handle bar will have one or morehandles on the sides and ends.

The wall It has openings H and 12 for the bars l3, l4. Blocks I5 and I6 which carry the bars are suitably designed and secured to the wall at the ends l7, it of the openings. A block similar to block l5 (not shown) is secured to the wall at the right end of opening l2.

Recesses I9, 20 are provided behind the bars to accommodate the hands and these recesses are closely by the end flanges 2|, 22, 23 and the shields 24, 25 which are secured to the flanges and to the edges 26, 21 of the wall above and below the openings H and I2, respectively. These flanges 2|, 22 and 23 may be integral with the blocks I5 and I6 as shown in Fig. 3 or may be formed separately and glued or otherwise secured to the blocks.

Fig. 5 shows a tubular bar l3 mounted on a cup 30 which is secured to the flange 2|. Fig. 6 shows a bar I3 mounted on a dowel pin 3| which extends into the block l6. 7 g

' In the form shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the opening 35 in the wall 36 is closed inside by a shield plate 31 which is secured to the inner face of the wall. The handle bar 38 is carried by blocks 39 at opposite ends (only one being shown). Each block is carried by a hinge 40 secured to the plate 31 at the upper edge of the opening 35. The outward swinging movement of the blocks and handle bar is limited by the bolt 4| as set forth in Patent No. 2,334,682. A suflicient recess 42 is provided in the opening 35 behind the bar 38 to permit insertion of the hand. to grasp the bar.

It should be understood that each handle bar will ordinarily be secured to the supporting blocks at the ends to form an assembled unit capable of being attached to the pre-formed casket.

In the forms shown in Figs. 1 and 3 to 6 inclusive the flanges 2| and 22 and the shield parts '24 and 25 constitute the shielding means.

I claim: g

l. A casket construction including a wall having spaced aligned openings, 2. bearing block adjacent the outer end of each opening, a bearing block at the adjacent inner ends of the openings, said blocks being fastened to the outer surface of the wall and having flangesv extending through said openings for closing the ends of the openings, a handle bar extending across each opening and having its ends fastened to said flanges and a shield member fastened to the inner edges of said flanges rearwardly of the handle bars .for closing said openings at the rear.

2. A casket construction including a wall having spaced aligned openings, bearing blocks at the ends of said openings, each block having a body portion fastened to the outer surface of the wall and having a flange extending through the adjacent opening with a curved inner edge, handle bars extending across said openings and. supported by said flanges, and a curved shield member extending across saidopenings at'the rear and secured to the inner edges of the flanges for closing said openings, said shield being spaced from the handle bars.

3. A casket construction including a wall having a recessed portion, a handle bar extending across said recessed portion and partly housed in said portion, a curved shield forming the rear wall of said recessed portion and blocks extending rearwardly of the wall for supporting said handle bar and forming the end walls of said recessed portion.

WILLIAM ZAISER. 

